His wife whipped out her cell phone and started recording while Galvan tried to figure out the safest way to return the shark to the water without finding himself on the receiving end of a pointy tooth.

Galvan wasn't sure what kind of shark it was, so he has reached out to the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation for answers.

A researcher there told him it may be one of a slew of recent incidents of salmon sharks beaching themselves in the area, due to a brain infection.

The Monterey Bay is home to a wide range of shark species. The most feared shark, Great Whites, are most common in the bay in October.